Financial Services · Banks - Regional · TSE · Japan
¥2342.50-2.36%
Market cap ¥6.41TNext earnings 2026-11-13Updated Oct 23, 2026
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Trades 26% above our fair value
Price
¥2342.50
Model fair valueConfidence: medium
¥1857
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ACCE opinionJapan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. (6178.T)
Fair value
Not available
ACCE price target
¥2113
Rating
Not rated
Horizon
12 months
ACCE price target published on 22 Oct 2026, 15:59 CEST.
Price used: ¥2343 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 08:30 CEST.
Models: Dividend discount and P/E comparison.
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Data
ACCE score
68
out of 100
P/E
16.9x
forward 18.8x
1-year return
+61.7%
Dividend yield
2.50%
Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. in four questions
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Overview
ACCE thesis
Japan Post Holdings runs the Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance units, which together take in deposits, sell savings accounts and term deposits, and write life and property insurance through the country's largest post office network. Its moat is physical: roughly 24,000 post offices give it a distribution footprint no private rival can match, and its deposit base is among the largest in Japan. The growth story is the gradual shift of that base into higher-yielding products as the Bank of Japan moves away from negative rates, with revenue up 6.4% and an operating margin of 10.3%. The stock trades on 17.0x trailing earnings and 19.3x forward, a premium to the trailing figure that implies the market expects earnings to dip before they recover, and at a 5.1% ROE it is a low-return franchise that needs to prove it can earn more on its capital. It warrants a deeper look if you can see a credible path for ROE to rise, but the current return profile is the first thing to test.
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Price above ACCE target
Shares trade 10.9% above the ACCE price target of ¥2113.00 (last updated 2026-10-22), with the stock at ¥2342.50. Forward P/E of 19.3 sits above the trailing 16.9.
moderate
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Debt/Equity and free cash flow are not available, so leverage and cash generation cannot be checked against the earnings jump.
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AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 22, 2026 · figures from 2026-10-22 · prices to Oct 23, 2026
Why it could do well
Analysts' mean price target sits 11.8% above the current share price, implying room for the stock to rise.
Japan Post posted an earnings beat, with EPS of 45.07 against 32.74 expected, a 37.6% surprise.
The stock pays a dividend yield of 2.5%, giving income while investors wait for the share price to move.
Why it could disappoint
Return on equity of 5.1% is weak, meaning the company earns little profit on the capital shareholders have invested.
The shares trade at a forward P/E of 19.3x, a rich price for a business earning a 3.8% net margin.
Revenue grew only 6.4% over the latest year, a slow pace that leaves little room for earnings to catch up.
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